Truth is stranger than fiction in BUSHMAN, a rare sort of film portrait, part document, part imagined - poetic in its approach to real events. Directed by David Schickele, Bushman follows Gabriel (Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam), a young Nigerian, living life in San Francisco. Lovestruck and culturally stranded he faces the harsh realities of the ‘60s. Interwoven through his adventures in America are glances back to his African origins, and dualities of the political and racial mood of the US alongside the terrible and elusive Civil War in Nigeria. Through a blend of irony, poetry and nuanced storytelling, BUSHMAN guides audiences through the profound complexities of the human experience.

Part of the series, MOTHER CUTTERS.

A luggage mix-up leads to stuffy academic Ryan O’Neal being taken on a wild ride by free spirit Barbra Streisand in this outrageous farce. Working from a precise and hilarious script by Buck Henry, David Newman and Robert Benton, and with the editing expertise of Verna Fields, director Peter Bogdanovich crafts a tribute to 1930s screwball comedies that is fast, funny and packed with delirious supporting performances.

Part of the series, ONE FROM THE 80s.

ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE is a spectacular 4K restoration and reimagining of the 1982 cult classic from Francis Ford Coppola. Six minutes of footage have been added to replace the original negative, previously thought to be destroyed, resulting in a brand-new REPRISE version, approved by Coppola himself. ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE tells the story of a Las Vegas couple (Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest) whose break-up on the 4th of July leads them both to a night on the strip in pursuit of their romantic fantasies (Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski). But in this town of gamblers and dreamers should they bet it all on dreams, or give true love another roll of the dice. Featuring breathtaking design, show-stopping set pieces, the stunning photography of Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor) and accompanied by the wonderful Oscar nominated* music of the one and only Tom Waits, this neon explosion of colour, sound and innovation is a cinematic valentine for all movie lovers. "I've always loved 'One from the Heart,' despite the disruption it caused in my dreams for American Zoetrope. However, there is magic in cinema and while preparing this film for 4K, it was apparent I could refine the story. This new version is an improvement in many ways and I am proud of what was achieved with 'One from the Heart: Reprise.'"

Part of the series, ONE FROM THE 80s.

In Terry Gilliam's dystopian masterpiece BRAZIL, Jonathan Pryce plays a daydreaming everyman who finds himself caught in the soul-crushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy. Gilliam's cautionary tale is one of the great films of the 1980s, and has come to be esteemed alongside anti-totalitarian works by the likes of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. And in terms of set design, cinematography, music, and effects, BRAZIL is a nonstop dazzler.

Part of the series, ONE FROM THE 80s.

Drawing its title from the Hopi word meaning "life out of balance," this renowned documentary reveals how humanity has grown apart from nature. Featuring extensive footage of natural landscapes and elemental forces, the film gives way to many scenes of modern civilisation and technology. Given its lack of narration and dialogue, the production makes its points solely through imagery and music, with many scenes either slowed down or sped up for dramatic effect.

Part of the series, ONE FROM THE 80s.

Despite 35 years having passed since the film’s explosion onto the stage, there’s no denying the staying power of DO THE RIGHT THING. Just as it was in 1989, Spike Lee’s fourth feature is painfully relevant to the current cultural moment; filled with discussions of gentrification and police brutality in a tense sweltering summer day in Brooklyn, NY.

Part of the series, ONE FROM THE 80s.

There's something going on behind the white picket fences of Lumberton, North Carolina. And after stumbling upon a severed human ear in a field, mystery-loving college student Jeffrey Beaumont is determined to find out what. Teaming up with the daughter of a local police detective, Jeffrey's investigation leads him into a strange world of sensuality and violence, with the intrigue of the missing ear seemingly stemming from the relationship between a troubled nightclub singer and a sociopathic sadomasochist.

The debut feature of Jason Yu, an acolyte of Bong Joon-ho and Lee Chang-dong, is a supremely entertaining and impressively claustrophobic psychological thriller. Late one night, as recently married Hyun-su sleeps, he whispers to his wife, ‘Someone’s inside’. Sleep talking soon escalates to sleepwalking and signs of something much more troubling. Is the stress of work and approaching parenthood taking its toll on him, or is there a more sinister explanation? Jung Yu-mi and Lee Sun-kyun (in what would become one of the final roles for the tragic star of Parasite) are terrific as the couple at the heart of this strange, increasingly unsettling mystery, with Yu’s original script moving seamlessly between dark comedy, psychodrama and feverish frights. Spooky and stylish, this is a confident feature by a promising new director that may just keep you up at night.

Part of the series, MOTHER CUTTERS.

On the last day of summer vacation in 1962, as high school friends Curt, Steve, Terry and John (Paul Le Mat) cruise the streets of small-town California, the mysterious disc jockey, Wolfman Jack, spins classic rock'n'roll tunes. It's the last night before their grown-up lives begin, and Steve's high-school sweetheart, a hot-to-trot blonde, a bratty adolescent and a disappearing angel in a Thunderbird provide all the excitement they can handle.

Following the commercial failure of THX 1138, George Lucas was looking for a job - any job - to stay afloat. Borrowing money from friends and relatives to pay the bills he took Marcia up on a bet: that he was incapable of writing anything that could emotionally involve the audience. The result was the script for American Graffiti. After Universal grudgingly signed the director to a deal production was swift - and easy. Following principal photography the film was initially edited by Lucas and Verna Fields in the spare room above Francis Ford Coppola's garage while he was off shooting The Conversation, which would go on to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes the following year. After the rough cut was completed Fields left for other projects, but the film was nearly three hours long, so Marcia stepped in to complete the film, reworking the entire feature from the ground up. It was a task not without its problems - the interlocking stories proved an incredibly complex web of plot and character - but Marcia persisted, editing the film down to two hours entirely on her own while George worked on the film's sound design with Walter Murch. After a bitter struggle between the Lucas's and Universal over the film's viability, the studio finally released the film, expecting to have failure on their hands. The result was one of the most successful films in Universal's history, grossing over $100 million and proving that the filmmakers of The New Hollywood just might have a point.

A father and son in the suburbs of Casablanca get by on petty crimes for a local mob. But when a kidnapping goes wrong, they must find a way to dispose of the body.

Discover the untold stories of the forest in a spectacular new wildlife adventure! This poetic and beautiful documentary follows a year in the life of a majestic, 210-year-old oak tree and its many inhabitants, exploring the immensely rich universe thriving beneath its branches.

Featuring a unique cast including squirrels, birds, ants and mice, and packed with humour, joy and heart-in-your-mouth action, this remarkably unique feature offers a fascinating insight into the heart of a buzzing, vibrant, eco-system, completely immersing the viewer into the heart of a tree and telling stories that will both touch and surprise audiences, whether young or old, and irrespective of their ecological awareness.

One of the biggest scandals in cinema history, the notoriously decadent film is finally presented in the manner it was always intended to be seen. 45 years after it's release Vertigo Films presents a completely new cut of the shocking cult classic, featuring an unprecedented amount of never-before-seen footage.

After murdering his adoptive grandfather, the Emperor Tiberius, Caligula seizes power and begins to dismantle the Roman Empire from within. A treatise on the corrupting influence of power, Caligula undertakes a harrowing journey through depravity, madness, and destruction.

Scripted by the late experimental novelist Kathy Acker, VARIETY follows Christine (Sandy McLeod), a bright and unassuming young woman, as she takes a job selling tickets at a pornographic theatre near Times Square. Developing an obsession with this erotic milieu that begins to consume her life, Christine finds her relationships with her boyfriend Mark (Will Patton) and Louie (Richard Davidson), one of the theatre’s patrons, profoundly changed.

Emerging from the underground NYC arts scene, VARIETY includes an impressive array of talent, including cinematography by Tom DiCillo (Living in Oblivion), performances by Luis Guzman (Boogie Nights), John Waters regular Cookie Mueller and photographer Nan Goldin, and a score by actor and musician John Lurie (Stranger Than Paradise, Down By Law).

A ground-breaking treatment of female voyeurism and desire, this is a transgressive and highly personal film and represents a major work of a director who continues to embody the essence of independent cinema along with being a love letter to a grimy, pre-Giuliani era of a bygone New York.

All films in the Be Kind Rewind programme are presented on VHS.

Part of the series, MOTHER CUTTERS.

Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese exposes the fascinating, mysterious and violent underworld of New York's Mafia families through the life of insider Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) as he rises from smalltime thug to mobster under the guidance of Jimmy Conway (Academy Award winner Robert De Niro) in this searing, epic crime drama based on the chilling true-life best seller Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi.

Goodfellas was Thelma Schoonmaker's eighth feature film collaboration with Martin Scorsese and won her the BAFTA for Editing in 1991. The visual style of Goodfellas is one that heavily influenced many films throughout the 90s and continues to influence film and television productions to this day. As Schoonmaker's creative role in Hollywood continues to garner recognition and awards it's clear that her sensibilities around story and character are as astute today as they were in 1970.

Robert Redford and director Sydney Pollack had a long and successful collaboration producing several hits in the 1970s such as Jeremiah Johnson (1972) and The Way We Were (1973). In Three Days of the Condor (1975) they capture the political anxiety of the time with the Watergate break-ins making constant national headlines (Redford would go onto address Watergate directly in All the President’s Men (1976)). Here he plays Joe Turner, a junior analyst in the C.I.A. scrutinising published texts from around the world for coded messages, who comes back from his lunch break to find his world turned upside down. No longer sure who he can trust he goes in search of answers. Using a well-established format of the innocent-on-the-run Three Days of the Condor develops into a tense political thriller marinaded in 1970s suspicion and corruption. Of the season Redford’s persona is most like the traditional Hollywood male lead with all his solution-focussed virtue yet here his character is left uncertain about the impact of his actions and the true scale of the conspiracy and corruption he faces.

Over the years, star Kurt Russell and master of horror John Carpenter have teamed up on a multitude of films (BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK to name two) but of all their collaborations, 1982's horror/sci-fi amalgam THE THING surely tops the list.

A research team based out in the snowy wilds of Antarctica find themselves besieged by a terrifying, shape-shifting creature which has found its way into their base. When it becomes clear that the creature can take the form of any organism it so chooses, the tension within the team reaches breaking point any one of them could be... THE THING.

All films in the Be Kind Rewind programme are presented on VHS.

From Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis comes BACK TO THE FUTURE — the original, ground-breaking adventure that sparked one of the most successful trilogies ever.

When teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is blasted to 1955 in the DeLorean time machine created by the eccentric Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), he finds himself mixed up in a time-altering chain reaction that could vaporise his future — and leave him trapped in the past. Powered by innovative special effects, unforgettable songs and non-stop action, BACK TO THE FUTURE is an unrivalled adventure that stands the test of time!

See BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II on BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY - Oct 21 - and BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III on Oct 24.

Getting back was only the beginning!

Picking up precisely where they left off, Marty and Doc launch themselves to the year 2015 to fine-tune the future and inadvertently disrupt the space-time continuum. Now, their only chance to fix the present is by going back to 1955 all over again before it is too late.

Back on the big screen for its 35th Anniversary and screening on BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY!